Stude Light Posted September 29, 2020 Share Posted September 29, 2020 Reaserching for a friend. Photo of his father returning from European Theater as a B24 Navigator in 1945. Obviously an earlier car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsancle Posted September 29, 2020 Share Posted September 29, 2020 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 29, 2020 Share Posted September 29, 2020 Sunvisor bracket is difference. OP picture visor looks to be '26-'27 ish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagefinds Posted September 29, 2020 Share Posted September 29, 2020 At first glance it appears the same as the Cadillac but the bead to the right of the soldier is different and the hood and cowl don't have the gentle top curve,more of a Packard-like sharp bend. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DLynskey Posted September 29, 2020 Share Posted September 29, 2020 Willys Knight? Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsancle Posted September 29, 2020 Share Posted September 29, 2020 7 hours ago, DLynskey said: Willys Knight? Don That is interesting, as my first thought was Stearns Knight before I went Caddy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edinmass Posted September 29, 2020 Share Posted September 29, 2020 Too small to be Cadillac, and the hood lines are all wrong for GM to my eye. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stude Light Posted September 29, 2020 Author Share Posted September 29, 2020 Thanks for the comments. I got a bit more to the story. After returning from the European Theater as a B24 Navigator in 1945, Louis Bur (pictured) was sent stateside and started training in B29’s in Santa Anna California when the A-bombs were dropped on Japan and the war ended. He bought an old car in California and drove it back to Michigan. He was from the Flint area and so may have gravitated toward a GM car. I'm looking at that sharp hood line break, cowl lamp, visor, curvature of top rear... I know its hard without more of the car in the photo to find clues. In a period of generic styling....kind of like today. Taken from: https://medium.com/swlh/the-zombie-mobile-b03932ac971d Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted September 29, 2020 Share Posted September 29, 2020 Maybe a 1927 Buick.... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzcarnerd Posted September 29, 2020 Share Posted September 29, 2020 4 hours ago, keiser31 said: Maybe a 1927 Buick.... UI agree Buick is a strong possibility because of the position of the cowl lamps. Also the car doesn't look big enough to be a Cadillac or Packard. I think the drawing of the Cadillac above makes it look smaller than it really is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
28 Chrysler Posted September 29, 2020 Share Posted September 29, 2020 The body bead by his left hand seems to turn up. The 1927 Olds bead splits in that area but the Olds roof is different. 1927 Pontiac also looks a lot like the Buick but the hood and cowl are still different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roysboystoys Posted September 29, 2020 Share Posted September 29, 2020 Here's one for sale on this forum. For some reason I can't copy the photos? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsancle Posted September 30, 2020 Share Posted September 30, 2020 14 hours ago, roysboystoys said: Here's one for sale on this forum. For some reason I can't copy the photos? Put your mouse over the photo you want, right click and select "View Image" first, then right click again and select "copy image". In the place you want to dump it use "paste image". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stude Light Posted September 30, 2020 Author Share Posted September 30, 2020 Excellent! Thanks all for your help. Scott Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roysboystoys Posted September 30, 2020 Share Posted September 30, 2020 1 hour ago, alsancle said: Put your mouse over the photo you want, right click and select "View Image" first, then right click again and select "copy image". In the place you want to dump it use "paste image". Thanks , I did get it in my files , but for some reason I couldn't get it post here. I've had multiple Windows problems since last update. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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